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unit three social psych Flashcards

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Ingroup

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Group we belong to, part of social identity

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Outgroup

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Group we don’t belong to

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Stereotypes

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Social beliefs about outgroup members learned from others and maintained through interaction

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Outgroup homogeneity effect

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Tendency to see outgroup members as more alike

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Illusory correlation

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Belief in association between variables that don’t exist

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Subtyping

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Perceiving individuals who don’t fit stereotype as exceptions

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Prejudice

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Attitude suggesting inferior social status for specific group

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Explicit prejudice

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Consciously held prejudicial attitudes

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Implicit prejudice

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Unconsciously held prejudicial attitudes

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Discrimination

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Negative or patronizing social ACTION toward specific groups

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Stigma

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Attribute discrediting a person or social group; tribal identities, blemishes of character, abominations of the body

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Racism

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Prejudice and discrimination based on racial background

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Aversive racism

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Conflict between positive and negative beliefs about racial group

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Sexism

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Hostile and benevolent attitudes toward women

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Stereotype threat

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Apprehension felt when performing task stereotyped group lacks ability in- causes people to underperform

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Ingroup bias

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Tendency to favor ingroup members over outgroup members

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Social identity theory

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People gain self-esteem from social esteem of ingroups

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Realistic group conflict

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Groups compete over scarce resources , can cause ethnocentrism- increased hostility toward outgroup and increase in loyalty

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System justification theory

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Beliefs endorsing legitimacy of unequal group status hierarchy

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Personal-group discrimination discrepancy

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Disadvantaged group members minimize personal discrimination

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Authoritarian personality

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Submissive to authority, rigid adherence to conventional values

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Contact hypothesis

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Direct contact between antagonistic groups reduces prejudice

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Aggression

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Behavior intended to harm or injure

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Assertiveness

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Expressing oneself without violating others’ rights

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Instrumental aggression

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Harmful behavior to achieve another goal

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Hostile aggression

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Goal to cause injury or death, triggered by anger

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Gender and aggression

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Men more likely to use physical aggression

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Personality and aggression

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Traits related to aggression: irritability, rumination, emotional susceptibility

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Intergroup aggression

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More extreme aggression between groups- dehumanization, group polarization, collective aggression

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Frustration-aggression hypothesis

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Frustration triggers aggression

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Social learning theory

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Aggressive behavior learned through observation and imitation

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Media and video violence

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Fosters aggressive behavior through scripts, desensitization, priming

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Culture of Honor

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Males project willingness to fight to death against insults

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Rape myths

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False beliefs blaming victim for attack, minimizing violence

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Prosocial behavior

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Voluntary behavior to benefit others

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Egoistic helping

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Helping with expectation of something in return

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Altruistic helping

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Helping without expectation of something in return

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Kin selection

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Preference to help blood relatives

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Reciprocal helping

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Helping strangers in expectation of receiving help in return

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Social norms

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Reciprocity, social responsibility (help those dependent on us) and social justice (help those who we believe need it) norms

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Empathy

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Feeling compassion for others

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Audience inhibition effect

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Inhibition of helping due to fear of negative evaluation

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information dependence

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less likely to believe something is wrong when ppl are cool

44
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Diffusion of responsibility

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Presence of others reduces personal responsibility

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